community.zabbix.zabbix_host_events_info – Get all triggers about a Zabbix host

Note

This plugin is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.2.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.zabbix.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.zabbix.zabbix_host_events_info.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to see if a Zabbix host have no active alert to make actions on it. For this case use module Ansible ‘fail’ to exclude host in trouble.

  • Length of “triggers_ok” allow if template’s triggers exist for Zabbix Host

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7

  • zabbix-api >= 0.5.3

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
host_id_type
string
    Choices:
  • hostname ←
  • visible_name
  • hostid
Type of host_identifier
host_identifier
string / required
Identifier of Zabbix Host
http_login_password
string
Basic Auth password
http_login_user
string
Basic Auth login
login_password
string / required
Zabbix user password.
login_user
string / required
Zabbix user name.
server_url
string / required
URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url.

aliases: url
timeout
integer
Default:
10
The timeout of API request (seconds).
trigger_severity
string
    Choices:
  • not_classified
  • information
  • warning
  • average ←
  • high
  • disaster
Zabbix severity for search filter
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • If you use login_password=zabbix, the word “zabbix” is replaced by “****” in all module output, because login_password uses no_log. See this FAQ for more information.

Examples

- name: exclude machine if alert active on it
  community.zabbix.zabbix_host_events_info:
      server_url: "{{ zabbix_url }}"
      login_user: "{{ lookup('env','ZABBIX_USER') }}"
      login_password: "{{ lookup('env','ZABBIX_PASSWORD') }}"
      host_identifier: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
      host_id_type: "hostname"
      timeout: 120
  register: zbx_host
  delegate_to: localhost
- fail:
    msg: "machine alert in zabbix"
  when: zbx_host['triggers_problem']|length > 0

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
triggers_ok
complex
On success
Host Zabbix Triggers in OK state

 
comments
string
success
Additional description of the trigger

 
description
string
success
Name of the trigger

 
error
string
success
Error text if there have been any problems when updating the state of the trigger

 
expression
string
success
Reduced trigger expression

 
flags
integer
success
Origin of the trigger

 
lastchange
integer
success
Time when the trigger last changed its state (timestamp)

 
priority
integer
success
Severity of the trigger

 
state
integer
success
State of the trigger

 
status
integer
success
Whether the trigger is enabled or disabled

 
templateid
integer
success
ID of the parent template trigger

 
triggerid
integer
success
ID of the trigger

 
type
integer
success
Whether the trigger can generate multiple problem events

 
url
string
success
URL associated with the trigger

 
value
integer
success
Whether the trigger is in OK or problem state

triggers_problem
complex
On success
Host Zabbix Triggers in problem state. See trigger and event objects in API documentation of your zabbix version for more

 
comments
string
success
Additional description of the trigger

 
description
string
success
Name of the trigger

 
error
string
success
Error text if there have been any problems when updating the state of the trigger

 
expression
string
success
Reduced trigger expression

 
flags
integer
success
Origin of the trigger

 
last_event
complex
success
last event informations

   
acknowledged
integer
success
If set to true return only acknowledged events

   
acknowledges
complex
success
acknowledges informations

     
alias
string
success
Account who acknowledge

     
clock
integer
success
Time when the event was created (timestamp)

     
message
string
success
Text of the acknowledgement message

   
clock
integer
success
Time when the event was created (timestamp)

   
eventid
integer
success
ID of the event

   
value
integer
success
State of the related object

 
lastchange
integer
success
Time when the trigger last changed its state (timestamp)

 
priority
integer
success
Severity of the trigger

 
state
integer
success
State of the trigger

 
status
integer
success
Whether the trigger is enabled or disabled

 
templateid
integer
success
ID of the parent template trigger

 
triggerid
integer
success
ID of the trigger

 
type
integer
success
Whether the trigger can generate multiple problem events

 
url
string
success
URL associated with the trigger

 
value
integer
success
Whether the trigger is in OK or problem state



Authors

  • Stéphane Travassac (@stravassac)